From its inception, Java has been designed to be platform-independent. Java code written on one platform, should run on any other platform. At Gluon, we take this cross-platform behavior very seriously. Java applications developed on a desktop system should easily be deployed to, and executed on, all kinds of client […]
Over the past years, the Gluon team has worked extremely hard to create technical products, and to deliver technical projects for customers. We enable the development of JavaFX on desktop, mobile, and embedded platforms, and we provide the link between Java based client and cloud software. We contribute a lot […]
The engineers at Gluon have been working extremely hard over the past few months, with a number of things happening in parallel. We thought it was time to provide an overview of things that are happening, so in this post we will get you up to speed with what is […]
Native applications are known for their fast startup time, high performance and low footprint. Think of a world where any Java application can be converted into a native application in minutes with almost no effort, leaving you with all the speed gains and no headache. Gluon Substrate is a tool […]
Have you ever dreamt of building a business in technology? Are you a sales and marketing professional eager to roll up your sleeves and to create value in deep tech? Do you want to join our team of technical founders and help us grow the company as a CEO? What […]
Earlier this week, Oracle released GraalVM 19.3. One of the great components in this release is GraalVM Native Image. With this tool, it is possible to convert Java applications (or by extension, all code written in a language that can run on top of GraalVM) into native applications. A native […]
Last week, we released JavaFX 11.0.4 for our JavaFX 11 LTS customers. The JavaFX 11 Long Term Support ensures developers and companies the availability of the JavaFX 11 platform for a long time, exceeding the lifetime of most applications. The updates they receive (e.g. 11.0.4) provide fixes for security issues […]
It has always been our goal to provide first class Java and JavaFX support for all client devices, not only for desktops but also for mobile and embedded devices. Today, we are thrilled to announce that the Gluon Client plugins which we announced last month now have beta support for […]
The IT landscape is constantly evolving. For client applications, there is a clear trend towards bundled native applications and appstores. One of the answers Java has in this area is jpackage. With jpackage, developers can bundle their Java(FX) application and dependencies with an appropriate Java runtime that contains everything that […]
In the past few days, we delivered a number of JavaFX releases with different version numbers. In this article, we will clarify the goals and target group for those different releases. JavaFX 11.0.3 is the latest release of JavaFX 11. It is distributed to customers of the Gluon JavaFX Enterprise […]
